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Amazon FSx pros and cons

4.2 out of 5

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PROS

Users appreciate Amazon FSx for its effective disaster recovery capabilities behind various resources like batch services and RDS.
Amazon FSx functions as an independent service that is not tied to any server, eliminating application dependencies for storage.
The shared storage capability of Amazon FSx is highly valued by users.
Amazon FSx receives a stability rating of ten out of ten from users.
Users rate Amazon FSx a perfect ten on a scale of one to ten.

CONS

A failover from FSx side presents challenges.
A direct FTP feature would be beneficial.
Amazon FSx is more costly compared to EBS or EFS.
Amazon FSx requires more performance for higher IOPS.
They face delays with AWS console updates.
 

Amazon FSx Pros review quotes

SB
Senior Design Engineer at Clovertex
May 26, 2025
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Amazon FSx a ten.
MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
Dec 30, 2024
The shared storage capability is highly valuable.
reviewer2541966 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2024
We used it for disaster recovery perspective behind a number of resources, like batch services and RDS.
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KhaderNawaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at ebzss
Oct 4, 2024
FSx operates as an independent service, not tied to any server, which eliminates dependencies between applications for storage.
 

Amazon FSx Cons review quotes

SB
Senior Design Engineer at Clovertex
May 26, 2025
From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS.
MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
Dec 30, 2024
Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS.
reviewer2541966 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2024
I've been facing a challenge when doing a failover from FSx side. AWS console does not refresh within a half hour.
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KhaderNawaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at ebzss
Oct 4, 2024
A direct FTP feature would be beneficial instead of relying on transmission services.